Blake Vigorous is wanting again on her previous fondly.
“The summer time gossip woman turned 18…,” Vigorous, 38, wrote by way of instagram on Sunday, September 21, reflecting on the 18th anniversary of her hit collection, Gossip Woman.
“This present was my school. It was my training, my social life, my hardwork, my late nights and early mornings, my instructor,” she continued. “New York Metropolis and Silvercup Studios (& typically Paris ✨) was my campus for SIX years.”
She added, “So many reminiscences. What. A. Decade. 💖 What a College.” Vigorous additionally included a collection of throwback images from the present’s set, together with a big ensemble photograph in addition to snaps with a number of of her costars, together with Leighton Meester and Penn Badgley.
Gossip Woman, primarily based on a e-book collection by the identical identify, aired on the CW from September 2007 to December 2012. Vigorous starred as socialite Serena van der Woodsen, the central “it” woman of the collection.
In June, Vigorous reprised the position whereas selling her cocktail model, Betty Booze. She even enlisted the assistance of her costar Zuzanna Szadkowski, who performed Dorota Kishlovsky on the collection, within the clip revealed by way of YouTube on June 30.
“I’ve tea,” Szadkowski says, a play on the favored fan principle that Dorota ought to have been Gossip Woman. (Badgley’s Dan was in the end revealed because the mysterious pupil behind the voice.)
Blake Vigorous and Leighton Meester Courtesy of Blake Vigorous/Instagram
“Good tea?” Vigorous replies, to which Szadkowski answered, “The perfect tea.”
Szadkowski then pulled out a can of Betty Booze vodka iced tea and two cups. As she poured one for every of them, she added, “It’s crisp. Balanced. Nothing synthetic.”
“That’s onerous to seek out round these elements,” Vigorous added.
As followers of the present will recall, Szadkowski’s Dorota was the housekeeper and trusted confidante of Meester’s Blair Waldorf.
The Gossip Woman reminiscence is a vibrant spot in what has been a tough yr for Vigorous. On September 15, attorneys for Justin Baldoni (Vigorous’s costar and director on 2024’s It Ends With Us) filed to deliver on high-powered legal professional Alexandra Shapiro as a part of his authorized workforce of their ongoing court docket battle. Shapiro, who relies in New York, additionally represented Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Blake Vigorous has begun her deposition for her lawsuit towards It Ends With Us director and costar Justin Baldoni. A supply tells Us Weekly completely that the Gossip Woman alum, 37, has arrived for the New York Metropolis deposition by the 41-year-old actor’s authorized workforce on Thursday, July 31. Us has reached out to Vigorous […]
The authorized discord between the 2 started in December 2024, when Vigorous accused Baldoni of sexual harassment, making a hostile work atmosphere and working a smear marketing campaign towards her. He has denied the claims.
Baldoni countersued Vigorous, although that go well with was dismissed in June 2025. Vigorous’s lawsuit stays ongoing, and the pair will meet in court docket in Could 2026.
